Furniture glider shoe



Feb. 14, 1928.

O. T. LARSEN FURNITURE GLIDER SHOE Filed Sept. 26. 1925 1 .'rs1-n* OFFICE.

OSCAR '1. LABSEN, san FRANCISCO, GALIIOBNIL runmruan omnaasnon.

Application filed September so, last. semi messes.

My invention relates to improvementsin glider'shoes for furniture legs and the like whereina floor engaging element, adapted-to provide a relatively large supporting surfacev and to reduce friction when moved alon a fioor,*is resiliently held in" spaced relation to the bottom of a furniture suport.

p The primary object is to provide an improved glider shoe for furniture legs.

Another object is to provide an improved -glider shoe for furniture which will reduce wear and disfigurement of floors when. furn1- 'ture is moved thereover. A further object is to provide an improved device of the characterdescribed which may be easily applied, and which is attractive in appearance, and eficient in operation. A further object is to rovide an improved device roviding an efigctive resilience between t e floor and the furniture. A still further object is to provide an proved construction which will be simple in construction and installation and which will be very durable in service. I accomplish these and other obi'ects by means of the improved device disc used in the drawings forming a part of the present specification wherein like characters of refthrough an aperturell formed in bold firmly between the closely within the flange 2. The center of the mounting member 3 is pressed to form I a raised center portion 6 forming a recem 7 between the member .3 and the bottom of the floor engilging member 1, said recess being prefera ly made square to receive the squared head8 of a screw or other suitable securlng. member 9 extending v the center of the raised portion.

The cornersof the s uare raised portion 9 are spaced from the ges of the flanges 2 and 4 to receive a ring 12 of rubber or other suitable resilient material. The ring 12 is corners ofsaid raised portion 9 and said flanges and extends upwardly above the upper edges thereof to form a cushionand to hold the memhers I and 2 in spaced relation to the bottom of a furniture supportin le 14.

The glider shoe is app led securin the securmgmember 9 onto the bottom o the leg 14. In the form of securing member illustrated, the member 9 is screwed into the bottom of the leg. The square raised port on 6 engages the head 8 of the securing means and prevents rotation of theshoe upon the securing meinber, thereby permit ting the securing member to be screwed into Hence ed t designate imilar arts the leg by. means of. the shoe without the use throughout said specification anddrawings and in which,

Fig. 1 is a vertlcal section of my improved if glider shoeas applied upon the bottom of a furniture supporting leg.

jFig. 2 is a plan v1ew, partly in section, of

my improved glider shoe. Fig.3 is a vertical section of the jfloor enga ing member and the mountingelement '40 showing the manner in which the same are assembled. 1 I

Fig. 4 is a vertical section showing the manner in which the glider shoe may be pplied without the resilient supporting memberwhen desired.

' Referring to the drawings the numeral 1 is used to designate in general a floor enga ving member provided with an upwar y turned annular flange 2.. 'Thebottom of the member 1 is lightly arched, the arc of said bottom being of a long radius so that a relatively large supporting surface will be .formed.

' Within the floor engaging member 1 1s mounted a mounting element 3 provided with an annular flange '4 arranged to fit .tom of the le arched bottom surface of the member 1 1s ofrcontact between the shoe and the floor,

outwardly thereby distributing the weight of the furniture over an area sufiiciently large to revent the denting of the floor under the s cc. The resilient ring upon which the weight of the furniture is supported absorbs vibration and forms a cushion adapted to absorb shock due either to the sudden application of a weight upon the furniture or to the dropping of'the furniture itself, this cushion inserted through the aperture 11 and the 7 members 1 and 3 then assembled in the relation indicated in Fig. 3 of the drawings. The edges of the flanges are subsequently pressed inwardly so that the mounting member is rigidly crimped within the member 1 and held in assembled relation therewith. The rounded edge of the assembled shoe presents an inconspicuous but attractive appearance.

The resilient ring 12 is a relatively heavy solid band of rubber upon which the weight of the furniture is supported and which affords a relatively large supporting surface. The ring is not subject to any stress other than the compressive stress due to the weight of the furniture supported thereon. There is therefore substantially no wear u on the ring and it need only be replaced a'rt'er long service when the rubber has lost its resiliency through age.

In addition to the cushioning effect of th ring 12, it serves the further purpose of accommodating the shoe to legs arranged at a slight angle from the vertical. Thus if the leg is arranged at a slight angle, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1, the rubber ring will be compressed to a greater extent upon the inner side of the leg and shoe allowed to assume its normal relation to the floor. This feature, combined with the long radius of curvature of the member 1 permits the shoe to be applied to legs arranged at any ordinary angle without imparing the efticiency or altering the manner in which the shoe is applied, the wide supporting surface of the member 1 being adapted to give the d i and low frictional resistance re. the inclinaticn of the leg to which i appiied.

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neeasae Having thus described nay invention what I claimas new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is, v

1. A glider shoe for furniture legs comprising a floor engaging member; a mounting element mounted within said member; a

securing element directly and loosely en-' gaging the mounting element and adapted to be secured upon the bottom of a furniture supporting leg; and aresilient ring carried by the-mounting element and held against the bottom of the le to resiliently support said leg above the oorengaging member.

2. A glider shoe for furniture legs comprising a floor engaging member; a mounting element mounted within said member; a securing element mounted in slidable engagement with the mounting element and adapted to be secured upon the bottom of a furniture supporting leg; and a resilient ring carried, by the mounting element and held against the bottom of the leg to resiliently support said leg above the floor engagin member.

3. a. glider shoe for furniture legs comprising a floor engaging member; a mounting element mounted within said member and provided with a raised center portion; and a securing element slidably engaging the raised center portion and adapted to be secured to the bottom of a furniture supporting leg.

prising a floor engaging member; a mounting element mounted within said member and provided with a raised center portion; and securing element slidably engaging the aised center portion and adapted to be seured to the bottom of a furniture supperting leg; resilient weight supporting held between the mounting member m the leg to resiliently supi. A legs comprising a cngagin mher; a mountmounted 1min said me inn; eleme" ed center -cron d mounting i member; ad

. mounting head Siltfi 5 glider shoe for furniture legs com lid mounting element and the floor engaging member; and a securing element provided with a square head slidably engaged within the recess and adapted to be secured upon thebottom of a furniture supporting leg.

8. A glider shoe for furniture legs comprising a floor engaging member; a mount-- ing element mounted within said member and provided with a raised center portion shaped to form a square recess between said mounting element and the floor engaging member; and a securing element provided with a square head slidably engaged within the recess and adapted to be secured upon the bottom of a furniture supporting le and a resilient ring mounted within the mounting element around the raised portion thereof and extendingabove said raised ortion, saidtring being held against the ottom of theleg to resiliently supportthe leg above the floor engaging member.

9. A glider shoe for furniture legs comprising a floor engaging member having an upwardly turned annular flan e; amounting element'mounted within the our engaging member, said element having an annular flange fitting closely within the flange formed upon the member and held in engagement therewith by curving said flanges inwardly about a common axis; a square raised center portion formed upon the mounting element, said portion forming a recess between the mounting element and the floor engaging member and having its outer surfaces spaced from the edges of the annular flanges;and a securin element provided with a square head sli ably mounted Within the recess and adapted to be secured leg.

10. A glidershoe for furniture legs comupwardly turned annular flange; a mounting element mounted within the floor engaging member, said element having an annular flangev fitting closely within the flange formed upon the member and held in engagement therewith by curving said flanges inwardly about a common axis; a square raised center portion formed upon the mounting element, said portion forming a recess between the mounting element and the floor engaging member and havin its outer surfaces spaced from the edges 0 the annular flanges; and a securing element provided with a square head slidably mounted within the recess and adapted to be secured upon the bottom of a furniture supporting prising a floor engaging member having an upon the. bottom of a furniture supporting leg; and a resilient rubber ring mounted within the mounting member and held between the raised center portion and the flanges, said ring extending upwardly above the center portion and engaging the bottom of the leg to hold the floor engaging member in spaced relation to the bottom of the leg and to resiliently support the weight of the furniture. a

In witness whereof I hereunto set my signature.

OSGAR T. LARSEN, 

